Another fundie praying for the deaths of his enemies

You may recall this post about those fine upstanding Christians praying for Obama's death. Good old jblaque has found a particularly charming example in Pastor Wiley Drake:

NEW YORK (ABP) -- A former Southern Baptist Convention officer who on June 2 called the death of abortion provider George Tiller an answer to prayer said later in the day he is also praying "imprecatory prayer" against President Obama.

Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., and former running mate of American Independent Party presidential candidate Alan Keyes, said June 2 on Fox News Radio he didn't understand why people were upset with his comments quoted by Associated Baptist Press from a webcast of his daily radio talk show.

"Imprecatory prayer is agreeing with God, and if people don't like that, they need to talk to God," Drake told syndicated talk-show host Alan Colmes. "God said it, I didn't. I was just agreeing with God."

Asked if there are others for whom Drake is praying "imprecatory prayer," Drake hesitated before answering that there are several. "The usurper that is in the White House is one, B. Hussein Obama," he said.

Later in the interview, Colmes returned to Drake's answer to make sure he heard him right.

"Are you praying for his death?" Colmes asked.

"Yes," Drake replied.

"So you're praying for the death of the president of the United States?"

"Yes."

From Associated Baptist Press, of all places. An audio of the interview is available here; Crooks and Liars have added a slideshow:



Of course, he's probably safe from incitement charges, since he says he's only praying for the deaths of those he opposes, not urging people to murder them. And now that one of his prayers has been answered without violence, he can point to that as the kind of thing he was praying for. Still, it wouldn't surprise me to see someone get "inspired" by the stuff he says...